Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Muddy Waters has received the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Album six times

The Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording , in German "Grammy award for the best ethnic or traditional folk album", is a music prize that was awarded from 1960 to 1986 by the American Recording Academy . The award went to musicians for music titles or albums from the field of folk music .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Album . The award was given from 1960 to 1986. During this time, the name of the award has changed slightly a few times:

• From 1960 to 1961 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Performance - Folk
• From 1962 to 1967 she was a Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording called
• From 1968 to 1970 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance
• 1971 and from 1973 to 1974 the title was Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
• In 1972 and from 1975 to 1982 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
• And from 1983 to 1986 the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording was awarded

In 1987 the award was split into two new awards: the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album and the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	title	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1960	The Kingston Trio	United States	The Kingston Trio at Large
1961	Harry Belafonte	United States	Swing Dat Hammer
1962	Belafonte Folk Singers	United States	Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad
1963	Peter, Paul and Mary	United States	If I had a hammer
1964	Peter, Paul and Mary	United States	Blowin 'in the wind
1965	Gale Garnett	New Zealand	We'll Sing in the Sunshine
1966	Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba	United States  South Africa	An Evening with Belafonte / Makeba
1967	Cortelia Clark	United States	Blues in the Street
1968	John Hartford	United States	Gentle on My Mind
1969	Judy Collins	United States	Both sides now
1970	Joni Mitchell	Canada	Clouds
1971	T-bone walker	United States	Good feelin '
1972	Muddy Waters	United States	They Call Me Muddy Waters
1973	Muddy Waters	United States	The London Muddy Waters Sessions
1974	Doc Watson	United States	Then and Now
1975	Doc Watson and Merle Watson	United States	Two Days in November
1976	Muddy Waters	United States	The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album
1977	John Hartford	United States	Mark Twang
1978	Muddy Waters	United States	Hard again
1979	Muddy Waters	United States	I'm ready
1980	Muddy Waters	United States	Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live
1981	Different artists; Norman Dayron (producer)		Rare blues
1982	BB King	United States	There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
1983	Queen Ida	United States	Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on tour
1984	Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band	United States	I'm here
1985	Elizabeth Cotten	United States	Elizabeth Cotten Live!
1986	Rockin 'Sidney	United States	My Toot Toot

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winners Best Folk Performance or Best Folk Recording at grammy.com (English)
• Winners Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording / Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved April 26, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved April 26, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Folk Performance or Best Folk Recording. Retrieved April 26, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Winners Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording / Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .